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No. 67,431. Patented Aug. 6, 1867.,

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THEODORE P HOWELL AND CHARLES-P. OLIVER, OF ESSEX COUNTY,

NEW JERSEY.

Letters Patent No. 67,431, dated August'fi, 186 7.

IMPROVED MACHINE FOB. STRETGHING HIDFS.-

TO'WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that we, Tusonouu P. HoWELL and CHARLES P. OLIVER, both ofthe county of Essex, and State of New Jersey, have invented a new anduseful Machine for Stretching Hides and Skins; and we do hereby declarethat the following is'a full, clear, and exoct'description of theconstruction and operation of the some, reference being had to theannexed drawings, making-a part of this specification, in which- Figure1 is .a perspective view, and

Figure 2 a transverse section.

arepresentsa; bar of wood, ofsueh size as may be desired, havingmortised in it and securely fastened the upright'posts b, c, and d, uponwhich is fitted the movable beam These posts are again inserted inmortises made in the lower bare, and fastened securely therein. fandf'represent screws extending through the bar 6 and working in nutsfittedin the beam 9, as shown in the drawings. 71 represents a knee fastenedat the one end on ablock fitted in the angle at the intersection of thebar a and post b,and having the upper piece extending into a chambermade in the beam g. At the point where the post 6 intersects the beam 9is placed the lower terminus of the kneejoining the upper piece, asshown'in the drawings.

The hide or skin is placed over the bar a, and its edges broughtdowntand tacked or nailed to. the sides of the beam g. At the same timethe one end is fastened in like manner to the post d, and the neck partto the upper section of the knee h; then, by the action of the screws)and f, the beam 9 is lowered, stretching the hide or skinperpendicularly; and by the some action the joint of the knee is broughttowards the post b, stretching the hide or' skin laterally. Atpand p inthe posts 12 and d are put stays or pins, extending through the posts,f0r the purpose of preventing the beam 9 from being raised above thosepoints, and for the object of having the beam maintain a. levelpositionwhen brought up to them the machine placed upon cross-beams or othersuitable apparatus resting on the ends of the bar a, 'whichis madelonger than the beam 9 and bar e.

What we claim as our invention, and desire to secure byLetters Patent,is.-

A machine for stretching hides or skins, having the bar a, posts 6, 1:,and d, bar e, screwsfnndf, beam 9, and knee h, arranged, combined, andoperating for the purposes and in the manner hereinabove described.THEO. P. HOWELL. LL. 5.] CHAS. P. OLIVER. [1. 5.]

Witnesses:

DAVID C. Donn, Alum J. DEAN.

